#70a7cc

Color #70a7cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.45 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#70a7cc

RGB

rgb(112, 167, 204)

HSL

hsl(204.1, 47.4%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.1, 45.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(66.09, -8.2, -24.5)

LCH

lch(66.09, 25.84, 251.49)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0794, 238.81)

HWB

hwb(204.1, 43.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc9570

Analogous

#70ccc3

#70a7cc

#7079cc

Triadic

#70a7cc

#cc70a7

#a7cc70

Split-complementary

#70a7cc

#cc7079

#ccc370

Tetradic

#70a7cc

#9570cc

#cc9570

#a7cc70

Square

#70a7cc

#c370cc

#cc9570

#79cc70

Shades

Color #70a7cc mixed toward black.

#498fbe

#37739b

#2a5675

#1c3a4e

#0e1d27

Tints

Color #70a7cc mixed toward white.

#88b6d5

#a0c4dd

#b8d3e6

#cfe2ee

#e7f0f7

Tones

Color #70a7cc mixed toward gray.

#78a6c4

#7fa4bd

#87a3b5

#8fa1ad

#96a0a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cc4 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#8884c2 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#74bdbc · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70a7cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70a7cc]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#70a7cc (#70a7cc) is rgb(112, 167, 204) in RGB.

No, #70a7cc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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